3 white boys and a night bus!
I went to Crawley today to speak at an event and on the way home waiting for the bus 3 guys approached me and one of them asked me for 0.50p
He told me this story about him being 17, out of care, no family, no money and no food so I gave him £2 and he went off to Sam’s Chicken and bought food. I was glad to see he didn’t spend it on alcohol!
They got back to the bus stop and I had to ask him… why did he ask me for money. A six foot black woman with dreadlocks…. how did he not know that I wouldn’t cuss him out.
I asked because I always get people asking me for money. I always get stopped by those people on the streets wanting to sign people up to donate to charity (even when 50 people walked past they stop me!) and in Morocco people walk past the group I was with and walked straight up to me to ask for money…. do I look like that much of a soft touch LOL (don’t answer that!)
He said I looked kind. All his friends said it at the same time. He thought I looked like a social worker – good God, what woman in her 40s wants to look like a social worker LOL
They were great young people and I hope this young man realises one day that his past doesn’t have to determine his future.
Diane
P.S. The title is a play on 3 weddings and a funeral…. just in case anyone is in need of an explanation!
About Diane Corriette
I write on this self development blog about building self confidence, and living a life of full self expression where you are free to be you. Being able to be confident is not so much about how you think but what you feel. To successfully build self confidence you must use your thoughts to create an image of who you want to be, and your emotions to help you feel this amazing new you and then visualise & focus on it until it becomes your reality.
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